McKnight's January 8, 2024
A surge of public and professional support arrived Friday as the comment period closed for a proposed federal rule that providers say could level the playing field with Medicare Advantage plans.
Industry leaders specifically cheered on a proposed change that will give MA beneficiaries a modified appeals process and more time to appeal care denials and shortened stays handed down by insurers.
“[The American Health Care Association] is committed to ensuring individuals in a Medicare Advantage plan have access to high quality care and timely, medically necessary services,” Martin Allen, senior vice president of reimbursement policy at AHCA told McKnight’s Long-Term Care News. “As such, AHCA strongly supports the provisions in the Medicare Advantage proposed rule related to beneficiary...